Even Iowa Republicans Are Pretty Lukewarm About Another Santorum Run
TOM KLUDT – MARCH 10, 2014, 1:21 PM EDT
Rick Santorum keeps visiting Iowa constantly, but that hasn't translated to a groundswell of support in the Hawkeye State.
The latest Des Moines Register poll released Sunday found only tepid support for another Santorum presidential bid among Iowa Republicans who handed him a narrow victory in the state's 2012 caucuses.
Forty-eight percent of Republicans in the state said it would be a good idea for Santorum, while 30 percent said it would be a bad idea and 22 percent said they weren't sure.
By comparison, 67 percent of Iowa Republicans said it would be a good idea for Paul Ryan to run, while 65 percent said the same of a potential Mike Huckabee bid. It's clear that Santorum is still considering a run in 2016, and just as obvious that he's counting on Iowa to serve as a launching pad for a candidacy.
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He was desperate to be part of the "cool" group, and he was in it - on the fringes - but always constantly wondering if he was cool and wanting to do anything for the cool kids so they would like him. Kind of like that little dog in the old Warner Brothers cartoon... "Hey, Spike! Wanna go chase cars, Spike? Huh, would you like that, Spike?" (Spike, a big bulldog, slaps him into some trashcans while saying, "Nah."
"Naw, you don't wanna do that, Spike, do ya... Hey, you wanna..." Etc.
Santorum is like that. "Guys, hey guys! I could run for president if you want me to! I'm just like you - really conservative! You want I should beat up on the gays? Maybe women, huh? I could do that for you if you want me to run for president again. Would you like that?"
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